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Evangelical Christian term

Born again, or to feel the new nativity, is a phrase, peculiarly in evangelicalism, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the man spirit. In contrast to one'due south physical birth, beingness "born again" is distinctly and separately caused by baptism in the Holy Spirit, it is not caused by baptism in water. It is a core doctrine of the denominations of the Anabaptist, Moravian, Methodist, Quaker, Baptist, Plymouth Brethren and Pentecostal Churches along with all other evangelical Christian denominations. All of these Churches strongly believe Jesus' words in the Gospels: "You must be born again before you tin run across, or enter, the Kingdom of Heaven." Their doctrines also mandate that to be both "born again" and "saved", one must have a personal and intimate human relationship with Jesus Christ.[1] [two] [three] [four] [v] [6]

In contemporary Christian usage and apart from evangelicalism, the term is distinct from similar terms which are sometimes used in Christianity in reference to a person who is being or condign a Christian. This usage of the term is commonly linked to baptism with water and the related doctrine of baptismal regeneration. Individuals who profess to exist "born once again" (meaning in the "Holy Spirit") often state that they have a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ".[7] [5] [6]

In addition to using this phrase with those who do not profess to be Christians, some Evangelical Christians use the phrase and evangelize those who belong to other Christian denominations or groups. This practice is based on the belief that non-Evangelical Christians, even those Christians who are professed Christians, are non "born again" and exercise non have a "personal relationship with Jesus." They therefore believe that they should evangelize to non-Evangelical Christians in the same mode that they would deliver to people who do not profess the Christian organized religion.

The phrase "born again" is likewise used every bit an adjective to depict individual members of the movement who espouse this conventionalities, and it is also used as an describing word to draw the movement itself ("born-again Christian" and the "born-once more motion").

Origin [edit]

Jesus and Nicodemus painting by Alexander Bida, 1874

The term is derived from an event in the Gospel of John in which the words of Jesus were non understood by a Jewish pharisee, Nicodemus.

Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." "How tin can someone be born when they are old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely they cannot enter a 2d time into their female parent's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are built-in of water and the Spirit."

—Gospel of John, John chapter iii, verses 3–5, NIV[eight]

The Gospel of John was written in Koine Greek, and the original text is ambiguous which results in a double entendre that Nicodemus misunderstands. The word translated as again is ἄνωθεν (ánōtʰen), which could hateful either "once again", or "from to a higher place".[9] The double entendre is a figure of oral communication that the gospel writer uses to create bewilderment or misunderstanding in the hearer; the misunderstanding is then clarified by either Jesus or the narrator. Nicodemus takes simply the literal meaning from Jesus'due south argument, while Jesus clarifies that he means more of a spiritual rebirth from above. English translations have to pick one sense of the phrase or another; the NIV, King James Version, and Revised Version use "built-in again", while the New Revised Standard Version[x] and the New English Translation[eleven] prefer the "born from above" translation.[12] Most versions will notation the alternative sense of the phrase anōthen in a footnote.

Edwyn Hoskyns argues that "born from above" is to be preferred equally the central meaning and he drew attention to phrases such every bit "birth of the Spirit",[13] "birth from God",[fourteen] but maintains that this necessarily carries with information technology an emphasis upon the newness of the life as given past God himself.[fifteen]

The last use of the phrase occurs in the First Epistle of Peter, rendered in the King James Version equally:

Seeing ye accept purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned honey of the brethren, [meet that ye] love 1 another with a pure centre fervently: / Existence born again, not of corruptible seed, merely of incorruptible, by the give-and-take of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

—1 Peter i:22-23[16]

Hither, the Greek give-and-take translated equally "born once more" is ἀναγεγεννημένοι ( anagegennēménoi ).[17]

Interpretations [edit]

The traditional Jewish understanding of the hope of salvation is interpreted as being rooted in "the seed of Abraham"; that is, physical lineage from Abraham. Jesus explained to Nicodemus that this doctrine was in error—that every person must have 2 births—natural birth of the physical trunk and another of the water and the spirit.[18] This discourse with Nicodemus established the Christian belief that all human being beings—whether Jew or Gentile—must exist "built-in again" of the spiritual seed of Christ. The Apostle Peter further reinforced this understanding in ane Peter 1:23.[nineteen] [17] The Catholic Encyclopedia states that "[a] controversy existed in the primitive church building over the interpretation of the expression the seed of Abraham. It is [the Apostle Paul's] education in one instance that all who are Christ'due south by faith are Abraham'south seed, and heirs according to promise. He is concerned, still, with the fact that the promise is not being fulfilled to the seed of Abraham (referring to the Jews)."[twenty]

Charles Hodge writes that "The subjective change wrought in the soul by the grace of God, is variously designated in Scripture" with terms such as new nativity, resurrection, new life, new creation, renewing of the mind, dying to sin and living to righteousness, and translation from darkness to calorie-free.[21]

Jesus used the "birth" analogy in tracing spiritual newness of life to a divine get-go. Contemporary Christian theologians have provided explanations for "born from above" being a more accurate translation of the original Greek word transliterated anōthen. [22] Theologian Frank Stagg cites two reasons why the newer translation is meaning:

  1. The emphasis "from above" (implying "from Heaven") calls attending to the source of the "newness of life". Stagg writes that the give-and-take "once more" does not include the source of the new kind of beginning;
  2. More than than personal improvement is needed. "a new destiny requires a new origin, and the new origin must exist from God."[23]

An early on case of the term in its more modern use appears in the sermons of John Wesley. In the sermon entitled A New Nativity he writes, "none can be holy unless he exist born over again", and "except he be born again, none can be happy fifty-fifty in this world. For ... a homo should not be happy who is non holy." As well, "I say, [a human] may be born again and so get an heir of salvation." Wesley also states infants who are baptized are built-in again, but for adults it is different:

our church supposes, that all who are baptized in their infancy, are at the same time born again. ... But ... information technology is sure all of riper years, who are baptized, are not at the same time born again.[24]

A Unitarian work called The Gospel Anchor noted in the 1830s that the phrase was not mentioned by the other Evangelists, nor by the Apostles except Peter. "Information technology was not regarded by any of the Evangelists but John of sufficient importance to record." Information technology adds that without John, "we should hardly have known that it was necessary for one to exist born again." This suggests that "the text and context was meant to apply to Nicodemus especially, and not to the world."[25]

Historicity [edit]

Scholars of historical Jesus, that is, attempting to define how closely the stories of Jesus match the historical events they are based on, more often than not treat Jesus's conversation with Nicodemus in John 3 with skepticism. Information technology details what is presumably a private conversation betwixt Jesus and Nicodemus, with none of the disciples seemingly attention, making information technology unclear how a record of this conversation was acquired. In addition, the conversation is recorded in no other ancient Christian source other than John and works based on John.[26] Co-ordinate to Bart Ehrman, the larger issue is that the same problem English translations of the Bible have with the Greek ἄνωθεν (anōthen) is a problem in the Aramaic language as well: in that location is no single word in Aramaic that means both "again" and "from above", yet the conversation rests on Nicodemus making this misunderstanding.[27] As the chat was between ii Jews in Jerusalem, where Aramaic was the native language, there is no reason to think that they'd have spoken in Greek.[26] This implies that even if based on a real conversation, the author of John heavily modified it to include Greek wordplay and idiom.[26]

Denominational positions [edit]

Catholicism [edit]

Historically, the classic text from John iii was consistently interpreted by the early church building fathers equally a reference to baptism.[28] Mod Catholic interpreters take noted that the phrase 'born from above' or 'born once more'[29] is clarified as 'being born of water and Spirit'.[30]

Catholic commentator John F. McHugh notes, "Rebirth, and the starting time of this new life, are said to come about ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, of water and spirit. This phrase (without the article) refers to a rebirth which the early Church regarded as taking place through baptism."[31]

The Canon of the Catholic Church building (CCC) notes that the essential elements of Christian initiation are: "annunciation of the Word, acceptance of the Gospel entailing conversion, profession of organized religion, Baptism itself, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and access to Eucharistic communion."[32] Baptism gives the person the grace of forgiveness for all prior sins; information technology makes the newly baptized person a new creature and an adopted son of God;[33] it incorporates them into the Torso of Christ[34] and creates a sacramental bail of unity leaving an indelible mark on our souls.[35] "Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (graphic symbol) of his belonging to Christ. No sin tin erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of conservancy. Given one time for all, Baptism cannot be repeated."[36] The Holy Spirit is involved with each aspect of the motion of grace. "The first work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion. ... Moved by grace, human turns toward God and away from sin, thus accepting forgiveness and righteousness from on loftier."[37]

The Cosmic Church also teaches that under special circumstances the need for water baptism tin can be superseded by the Holy Spirit in a 'baptism of desire', such as when catechumens dice or are martyred prior to receiving baptism.[38]

Pope John Paul II wrote in Catechesi Tradendae about "the problem of children baptized in infancy [who] come for catechesis in the parish without receiving any other initiation into the faith and still without any explicit personal zipper to Jesus Christ.".[39] He noted that "existence a Christian means proverb 'yes' to Jesus Christ, only permit united states of america remember that this 'yep' has two levels: It consists of surrendering to the give-and-take of God and relying on information technology, merely information technology also means, at a later stage, endeavoring to know better—and better the profound meaning of this word."[forty]

The modern expression being "born again" is really about the concept of "conversion".

The National Directory of Catechesis (published by the United states of america Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB) defines conversion as, "the acceptance of a personal relationship with Christ, a sincere adherence to him, and a willingness to adapt one's life to his."[41] To put it more than simply "Conversion to Christ involves making a genuine commitment to him and a personal decision to follow him as his disciple."[41]

Echoing the writings of Pope John Paul Two, the National Directory of Catechesis describes a new intervention required past our modern globe called the "New Evangelization". The New Evangelization is directed to the Church herself, to the baptized who were never effectively evangelized before, to those who have never made a personal commitment to Christ and the Gospel, to those formed past the values of the secular culture, to those who have lost a sense of faith, and to those who are alienated.[42]

Declan O'Sullivan, co-founder of the Catholic Men'southward Fellowship and knight of the Sovereign Military Gild of Republic of malta, wrote that the "New Evangelization emphasizes the personal encounter with Jesus Christ as a pre-condition for spreading the gospel. The built-in-again experience is non just an emotional, mystical high; the really important matter is what happened in the convert'southward life after the moment or period of radical modify."[43]

Lutheranism [edit]

The Lutheran Church building holds that "we are cleansed of our sins and born over again and renewed in Holy Baptism by the Holy Ghost. But she also teaches that whoever is baptized must, through daily contrition and repentance, drown The Old Adam so that daily a new man come along and ascend who walks before God in righteousness and purity forever. She teaches that whoever lives in sins after his baptism has once more lost the grace of baptism."[44]

Moravianism [edit]

With regard to the New Birth, the Moravian Church holds that a personal conversion to Christianity is a joyful feel, in which the private "accepts Christ as Lord" subsequently which organized religion "daily grows inside the person."[45] For Moravians, "Christ lived as a man because he wanted to provide a blueprint for future generations" and "a converted person could effort to live in his image and daily become more like Jesus."[45] As such, "heart religion" characterizes Moravian Christianity.[45] The Moravian Church has historically emphasized evangelism, especially missionary work, to spread the faith.[46]

Anabaptism [edit]

Anabaptist denominations, such as the Mennonites, teach that "True organized religion entails a new nativity, a spiritual regeneration by God'due south grace and ability; 'believers' are those who have go the spiritual children of God."[47] In Anabaptist theology, the pathway to conservancy, is "marked not past a forensic agreement of conservancy by 'faith alone', but by the entire process off repentance, self-deprival, religion rebirth and obedience."[47] Those who wish to tarry this path receive baptism afterward the New Birth.[47]

Anglicanism [edit]

The phrase born again is mentioned in the 39 Manufactures of the Anglican Church in article Fifteen, entitled "Of Christ lone without Sin". In part, it reads: "sin, as Southward. John saith, was not in Him. But all we the rest, although baptized and born once again in Christ, yet offend in many things: and if we say we accept no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."[48]

Although the phrase "baptized and born over again in Christ" occurs in Article XV, the reference is conspicuously to the scripture passage in John 3:3.[49]

Reformed [edit]

In Reformed theology, Holy Baptism is the sign and the seal of one'south regeneration, which is of comfort to the believer.[fifty] The fourth dimension of one's regeneration, however, is a mystery to oneself according to the Canons of Dort.[50]

According to the Reformed churches being born again refers to "the inwards working of the Spirit which induces the sinner to respond to the effectual call". According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, Q 88, "the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, particularly the word, sacraments, and prayer; all of which are made effectual to the elect for salvation."[51] Effectual calling is "the piece of work of God'due south Spirit, whereby, convincing usa of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to encompass Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel."[52] [53]

In Reformed theology, "regeneration precedes faith."[54] Samuel Storms writes that, "Calvinists insist that the sole cause of regeneration or being born once more is the will of God. God start sovereignly and efficaciously regenerates, and simply in result of that do nosotros human activity. Therefore, the private is passive in regeneration, neither preparing himself nor making himself receptive to what God will do. Regeneration is a change wrought in the states by God, not an autonomous act performed by united states for ourselves."[55]

Quakerism [edit]

The Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, a Holiness Quaker denomination, teaches that regeneration is the "divine piece of work of initial salvation (Tit. 3:v), or conversion, which involves the accompanying works of justification (Rom. 5:18) and adoption (Rom. 8:15, 16)."[three] In regeneration, which occurs in the New Nascency], in that location is a "transformation in the middle of the believer wherein he finds himself a new creation in Christ (Ii Cor. five:17; Col. 1:27)."[three]

Post-obit the New Nascence, George Fox taught the possibility of "holiness of middle and life through the instantaneous baptism with the Holy Spirit subsequent to the new birth" (cf. Christian perfection).[56]

Methodism [edit]

In Methodism, the "new nativity is necessary for conservancy considering it marks the movement toward holiness. That comes with religion."[i] John Wesley, held that the New Birth "is that great change which God works in the soul when he brings it into life, when he raises it from the death of sin to the life of righteousness."[58] [1] In the life of a Christian, the new birth is considered the first work of grace.[59] In keeping with Wesleyan-Arminian covenant theology, the Articles of Religion, in Article XVII—Of Baptism, state that baptism is a "sign of regeneration or the new birth."[60] The Methodist Visitor in describing this doctrine, admonishes individuals: "'Ye must exist built-in again.' Yield to God that He may perform this work in and for you. Admit Him to your heart. 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and g shalt exist saved.'"[61] [62] Methodist theology teaches that the New Birth contains two phases that occur together, justification and regeneration:[63]

Though these two phases of the new birth occur simultaneously, they are, in fact, ii split and distinct acts. Justification is that gracious and judicial human activity of God whereby a soul is granted consummate absolution from all guilt and a full release from the penalisation of sin (Romans iii:23-25). This deed of divine grace is wrought past faith in the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). Regeneration is the impartation of divine life which is manifested in that radical modify in the moral grapheme of man, from the dearest and life of sin to the honey of God and the life of righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:17; one Peter 1:23). ―Principles of Faith, Emmanuel Association of Churches[63]

Baptists [edit]

Baptists teach that people are born again when they believe that Jesus died for their sin, and was cached, and rose once more (1 Cor xv:3-4), and that by believing/trusting in Jesus' death, burial and resurrection, eternal life shall exist granted as a gift by God (John 3:14-16, Acts 10:43, Romans half-dozen:23). Those who have been born again, according to Baptist instruction, know that they are "[children] of God because the Holy Spirit witnesses to them that they are" (cf. assurance).[64]

Plymouth Brethren [edit]

The Plymouth Brethren teach that the New Nascence effects salvation and those who testify that they have been born once more, repented, and accept faith in the Scriptures are given the right hand of fellowship, subsequently which they tin partake of the Lord's Supper.[65]

Pentecostalism [edit]

Pentecost by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Woodcut for "Die Bibel in Bildern", 1860.

Holiness Pentecostals historically teach the new birth (starting time piece of work of grace), entire sanctification (second piece of work of grace) and baptism with the Holy Spirit, equally evidenced by glossolalia, as the third work of grace.[66] [67] The New Birth, according to Pentecostal teaching, imparts "spiritual life".[iv]

Jehovah'south Witnesses [edit]

Jehovah'south Witnesses believe that individuals practise non have the power to choose to exist born once again, but that God calls and selects his followers "from above".[68] Only those belonging to the "144,000" are considered to be born over again.[69] [70]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [edit]

The Book of Mormon emphasizes the need for anybody to be reborn of God.[71]

Disagreements between denominations [edit]

The term "born again" is used by several Christian denominations, but at that place are disagreements on what the term means, and whether members of other denominations are justified in claiming to be built-in-once more Christians.

Catholic Answers says:

Catholics should ask [Evangelical] Protestants, "Are you built-in again—the way the Bible understands that concept?" If the Evangelical has non been properly h2o baptized, he has not been built-in again "the Bible way," regardless of what he may think.[72]

On the other mitt, an Evangelical site argues:

Another of many examples is the Catholic who claims he also is "born once more." ... Nonetheless, what the committed Catholic ways is that he received his spiritual birth when he was baptized—either as an infant or when equally an developed he converted to Catholicism. That's not what Jesus meant when He told Nicodemus he "must be born again."[73] The deliberate adoption of biblical terms which have different meanings for Catholics has get an constructive tool in Rome's ecumenical agenda.[74]

The Reformed view of regeneration may be set autonomously from other outlooks in at least 2 ways.

First, classical Roman Catholicism teaches that regeneration occurs at baptism, a view known every bit baptismal regeneration. Reformed theology has insisted that regeneration may take place at any time in a person's life, even in the womb. It is not somehow the automatic consequence of baptism. Second, information technology is mutual for many other evangelical branches of the church to speak of repentance and faith leading to regeneration (i.e., people are born over again only later they exercise saving faith). By contrast, Reformed theology teaches that original sin and full depravity deprive all people of the moral ability and volition to exercise saving religion. ... Regeneration is entirely the piece of work of God the Holy Spirit - nosotros can do nothing on our own to obtain it. God lone raises the elect from spiritual expiry to new life in Christ.[75] [76]

History and usage [edit]

Historically, Christianity has used various metaphors to describe its rite of initiation, that is, spiritual regeneration via the sacrament of baptism by the power of the h2o and the spirit. This remains the mutual agreement in nigh of Christendom, held, for example, in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism,[44] Anglicanism,[77] and in other historic branches of Protestantism. However, quondam after the Reformation, Evangelicalism attributed greater significance to the expression born again [78] as an experience of religious conversion,[79] symbolized past deep-h2o baptism, and rooted in a commitment to ane's own personal faith in Jesus Christ for conservancy. This same belief is, historically, also an integral part of Methodist doctrine,[80] [81] and is continued with the doctrine of Justification.[82]

Co-ordinate to Encyclopædia Britannica:

'Rebirth' has often been identified with a definite, temporally datable form of 'conversion'. ... With the voluntaristic blazon, rebirth is expressed in a new alignment of the volition, in the liberation of new capabilities and powers that were hitherto undeveloped in the person concerned. With the intellectual type, it leads to an activation of the capabilities for understanding, to the breakthrough of a "vision". With others it leads to the discovery of an unexpected beauty in the lodge of nature or to the discovery of the mysterious pregnant of history. With all the same others it leads to a new vision of the moral life and its orders, to a selfless realization of honey of neighbor. ... each person afflicted perceives his life in Christ at any given time equally "newness of life."[83]

According to J. Gordon Melton:

Built-in once again is a phrase used by many Protestants to describe the phenomenon of gaining religion in Jesus Christ. Information technology is an experience when everything they have been taught as Christians becomes real, and they develop a directly and personal relationship with God.[84]

According to Andrew Purves and Charles Partee:

Sometimes the phrase seems to be judgmental, making a distinction between genuine and nominal Christians. Sometimes ... descriptive, like the stardom between liberal and conservative Christians. Occasionally, the phrase seems celebrated, like the division between Catholic and Protestant Christians. ... [the term] commonly includes the notion of human choice in conservancy and excludes a view of divine ballot by grace lone.[85]

The term born again has become widely associated with the evangelical Christian renewal since the late 1960s, first in the U.s. then around the world. Associated maybe initially with Jesus People and the Christian counterculture, born once more came to refer to a conversion experience, accepting Jesus Christ as lord and savior in order to be saved from hell and given eternal life with God in heaven, and was increasingly used as a term to identify devout believers.[12] By the mid-1970s, born again Christians were increasingly referred to in the mainstream media as part of the born again move.

In 1976, Watergate conspirator Chuck Colson's volume Born Once again gained international discover. Time magazine named him "I of the 25 most influential Evangelicals in America."[86] The term was sufficiently prevalent so that during the year'due south presidential entrada, Democratic party nominee Jimmy Carter described himself equally "born again" in the first Playboy magazine interview of an American presidential candidate.

Colson describes his path to faith in conjunction with his criminal imprisonment and played a pregnant role in solidifying the "born again" identity every bit a cultural construct in the US. He writes that his spiritual experience followed considerable struggle and hesitancy to accept a "personal encounter with God." He recalls:

while I sat alone staring at the sea I love, words I had not been sure I could understand or say fell from my lips: "Lord Jesus, I believe in You. I take You. Please come into my life. I commit it to You." With these few words...came a sureness of mind that matched the depth of feeling in my heart. There came something more than: force and serenity, a wonderful new balls about life, a fresh perception of myself in the globe effectually me.[87]

Jimmy Carter was the first President of the United States to publicly declare that he was born-over again, in 1976.[88] By the 1980 campaign, all 3 major candidates stated that they had been born again.[89]

Sider and Knippers[ninety] land that "Ronald Reagan's election that fall [was] aided past the votes of 61% of 'born-again' white Protestants."

The Gallup Organization reported that "In 2003, 42% of U.S. adults said they were born-over again or evangelical; the 2004 percentage is 41%" and that, "Black Americans are far more probable to place themselves as born-again or evangelical, with 63% of blacks saying they are born-over again, compared with 39% of white Americans. Republicans are far more probable to say they are built-in-again (52%) than Democrats (36%) or independents (32%)."[91]

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics, referring to several studies, reports "that 'born-again' identification is associated with lower back up for regime anti-poverty programs." It also notes that "self-reported born-once more" Christianity, "strongly shapes attitudes towards economical policy."[92]

Names which take been inspired by the term [edit]

The idea of "rebirth in Christ" has inspired[93] some common European forenames: French René/Renée, Dutch Renaat/Renate, Italian, Castilian, Portuguese and Croatian Renato/Renata, Latin Renatus/Renata, all of which mean "reborn", "built-in again".[94]

Statistics [edit]

The Oxford Handbook of Organized religion and American Politics notes: "The GSS ... has asked a born-again question on three occasions ... 'Would you say you have been 'born again' or accept had a 'born-again' experience?" The Handbook says that "Evangelical, blackness, and Latino Protestants tend to respond similarly, with almost two-thirds of each group answering in the affirmative. In dissimilarity, only almost 1 tertiary of mainline Protestants and one 6th of Catholics (Anglo and Latino) merits a built-in-again experience." However, the handbook suggests that "born-once again questions are poor measures even for capturing evangelical respondents. ... information technology is probable that people who study a born-again experience likewise merits information technology as an identity."[95]

See too [edit]

  • Chantry call – Tradition in some Christian churches
  • Baptismal regeneration – Doctrines held by major Christian denomination
  • Born-again virgin – Person who commits to abstinence later having had sexual intercourse
  • Kid dedication – Act of consecration of children
  • Jesus movement – Erstwhile evangelical Christian movement
  • Dvija – Twice-built-in status of Hindu male after Upanayana
  • Evangelism – Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Monergism – View within Christian theology
  • Sinner'south prayer – Evangelical Christian term referring to whatsoever prayer of repentance

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  • The New Birth, John Wesley, sermon No. 45. Wesley'south teaching on being born again, and argument that it is fundamental to Christianity.

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